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Updated 11/18/14 The third in a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. If the organizers of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom had used Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media to draw people to Washington, what would have been different about that great gathering on the National Mall? That question kicked off a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday forum discussion this year. The conversation has grown from what could have happened …

Charlotte Whittaker â AARP Kentucky Volunteer Itâs a Brave New World and I want to be a part of it â online. Growing up in rural west Kentucky, I never imagined having the world at my fingertips. But, my tablet and my smartphone both fit in my purse and they are my ticket to the Web and everything I want to know. I was thrilled when invited to join AARP Live on RFD-TV and talk about how Iâm using technology …

Trying to get scammed? Engage in these stupid but common online practices and the smart money is that you likely will. 1. Falling for emotional bait. Online and otherwise, scammers lineÂ their pockets on your emotions â greed, fear, curiosity âÂ and often fuel each with âAct Now!â urgency. Offers of easy money and threats of negative consequences phish for your money and/or personal information. Promises of forbidden photos or links, especially with terse âCheck this out!â messages, are used to install …

The job-listing site CareerBuilder released its 2014 roundup of the yearâs 10 most dubious excuses that bosses have heard from employees. Itâs hard to believe, but here are the doozies your colleagues are dishing out when they call in sick: IÂ just put a casserole in the oven. My plastic surgery for enhancement purposes needed some âtweakingâ to get it just right. I was sitting on the toilet for so long that my feet and legs fell …

News, discoveries and … fun 1. People can be trained to like healthy food instead of french fries. (Learn more at CTV News) 2. Watching Hollywood action flicks on TV may be bad for your waistline. (Learn more at JAMA Internal Medicine) 3. Asian camel crickets â which will eat anything, including each other â have spread into homes across the eastern United States. (Learn more at North Carolina State University) 4. Thought to be a legacy of Chernobyl, radioactive …

Facebook scams continue to proliferate, and the latest promises a free iPhone 6, expected to be released next month. Beware, as clicking on links of these fraudulent offers can unleash malware onto your computer. What’s more, the bogus offers don’t even add up – literally. As Naked Security notes, one current (and typical)Â scam campaign claims that Facebook users have a “99.9% chance to win” a freebie iPhone by entering before the end of this month. As of Sunday, nearly 29,000 …